Etymology

catface

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Today it means: A mark or blemish in wood, plasterwork etc. Full definition →

English face ← Middle English face ← Old French face
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The story

  1. Englishcat
  2. Latinfaciēs
  3. Late Latinfacia
  4. Old Frenchface
  5. Middle Englishface
  6. Englishface
  7. English todaycatface

From cat + face.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.